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John Tracy

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John Martin Tracy (1843 - 1893) was active/lived in Missouri, Connecticut, California, Mississippi, Ohio.  John Tracy is known for Sporting genre-hunting and portrait painting.

JOHN MARTIN TRACY (1843-1893)

There is relatively little record of the particulars of John Martin Tracy's early years, education, or artistic influences. What is abundantly clear, however, is that Tracy's reputation as one of the nation's most admired sporting artists is unquestioned, despite his having come to the genre fairly late in his brief life. In 1895, a writer for the New York Times opined that "J. M. Tracy was a painter to delight the heart of all sporting men . . . He painted the hunter before the flock of birds, the dog with tail extended and paw uplifted, as he stood quivering over the scent; and he did it all con amore, faithfully and with full understanding and knowledge of his subject."

A Mayflower descendant, John Martin Tracy was born in Rochester, Ohio. His father, an abolitionist preacher, was killed in a mob uprising at an anti-slavery rally shortly before the boy's birth. His mother, Hannah Conant Tracy (later Cutler), was able to support the   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8618 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for John Tracy available:    Percival Leonard Rosseau,  Edwin Megargee,  Maud Earl,  Thomas Blinks,  Edmund Osthaus,  Richard Evett Bishop,  Alexander Pope Jr,  Lynn Bogue Hunt,  Aiden Lassell Ripley,  Arthur Burdett Frost,  Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait,  Henry Hintermeister,  David Hagerbaumer,  Marguerite Kirmse,  Ogden Minton Pleissner,  John Frederick Herring Sr,  Sir Alfred Munnings,  Richard Ansdell,  John Emms,  Franklin Voss,  James Sword,  Carl Wuermer,  Frank Weston Benson,  Arthur Wardle



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Facts about John Tracy

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3 Miscellaneous Magazine References for John Tracy
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Wildlife Art The History of Dogs in Sporting Art November 2002 Davis, Tom Yes
American Art Review Southern Landscape Painting December 1999 Pennington, Estill Curtis Yes
Wildlife Art In Search of J M Tracy September 1994 Davis, Tom Yes
12 Book References for John Tracy
Year Author Title Pages Color
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1993 Carr, Carolyn K Revisiting the White City American Art at the 1893 World's Fair
(Exhibition catalog)		 408 Yes
1992 Pennington, Estill Curtis A Southern Collection 246 Yes
1990 Fink, Lois Marie; Albert Boime, Forward; Elizabeth Broun, Preface American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons 430 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three 396 Yes
1989 Blaugrund, Annette Paris 1889 American Artists at the Universal Exposition
(Exhibition catalog)		 304 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1986 Zellman, Michael David 300 Years of American Art (two volumes) 1102 Yes
1973 Naylor, Maria Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
(Exhibition catalog)		 1075 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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